Biomass, Carbon, and Nitrogen Pools in Mexican Tropical Dry Forest Landscapes

Ecosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 609-629

  Jaramillo, Víctor J ^a   Kauffman, J Boone ^b   Rentería Rodríguez, Lyliana ^a   Cummings, Dian L ^b   Ellingson, Lisa J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon pools; Deforestation; Land use change; Nitrogen pools; Soil carbon; Soil nitrogen; Tropical dry forest; Tropical floodplain forest; Tropical pastures

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DRY FOREST; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0345393838     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-002-0195-4     Document Type: Article

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